French oil and gas services giant Technip has announced plans to cut 130 jobs across its North Sea operations.

The company confirmed in a meeting with staff in Aberdeen on Tuesday, jobs will go across its subsea delivery unit.

A consultation period has now been launched with affected staff.

Technip said the job cuts are being made in response to “significantly reduced activity levels” but added it remains committed to the UK North Sea sector.

Last year Technip announced plans to cut 6,000 staff across its global operations in the 2016 and 2017 financial years in bid to reduce costs by euro 830 million (£712 million), with euro 700 million (£600 million) of savings to be delivered in 2016 and the balance in 2017.